More than 100 'vulnerable' people, either the elderly or living with a disability, were evacuated to the main wharf in Santo, where they've been staying in accommodation that initially didn't even have showers.

On the program: a 22-month-old girl is confirmed as PNG's 4th polio case, while there are concerns about the prices being charged for the vaccination, and the "silent emergency": experts worry child malnutrition in PNG is being caused by a major shift in the national diet.

Pacific Island leaders are being urged to put the issue of drug smuggling on the agenda when they meet in Nauru next month at the Pacific Islands Forum, with the warning it could threaten human security in the region.

On the program: Inching closer to a new security pact for the Pacific, PIF Foreign ministers identify climate change as the region's single biggest threat, and why a trade stoush between the United States and China could benefit PNG.

On the program: The teenage boy at the centre of a PNG police brutality investigation to appear in court himself while official inquiries continue, and more than 1 million PNG children to be vaccinated against polio to avoid a widespread outbreak.

Questions have been raised about the Papua New Guinea Government's commitment to tackle cases of police brutality, after a video surfaced allegedly showing two local police officers brutally beating, kicking and verbally abusing a young man.

On the program: PNG's police minister launches an investigation into a video that alleges police brutality, and a Samoan nurse is charged in relation to the deaths of 2 babies who died shortly after receiving the routine MMR vaccination.

On the program: PNG health authorities on high alert with another polio case detected and calls for changes to be made to the way schoolboy rugby is played in Australia, after a PNG-born teenager suffered a serious spinal injury.

The author of a new book says Solomon Islanders were more than loyal and trusty helpers to the Allied forces during World War Two. The book is being launched on the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal.

On the program: Research is underway into the possible effects of Vanuatu's Manaro volcano on residents' long-term health, including how harmful the volcanic ash could be and the teenage PNG AFL footy star who's making his mark on the game.

On the program: in Vanuatu, hundreds of people who've been displaced from their homes by the Manaro volcano, make what could be their last journey from Ambae island, and investigations are underway in Fiji into a horror 3-car smash that killed 6 people.